"OpenAI is a social media company, this week launching Sora 2, a social feed entirely made up of generative video. OpenAI is a workplace productivity company, allegedly working on its own productivity suite to compete with Microsoft. OpenAI is a jobs portal, announcing in September it was "developing an AI-powered hiring platform," which it will launch 'by mid-2026. OpenAI is an ads company, and is apparently trying to hire an an ads chief, with the (alleged) intent to start showing ads in ChatGPT "by 2026.""
"OpenAI is a company that would sell AI compute like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services, or at least is considering being one, with CFO Sarah Friar telling Bloomberg in August that it is not "actively looking" at such an effort today but will "think about it as a business down the line, for sure.' OpenAI is a fabless semiconductor design company, launching its own AI chips in, again, 2026 with Broadcom, but only for internal use."
OpenAI pursues a wide array of products and business models. Plans include Sora 2, a social feed of generative video; an in-house productivity suite to compete with Microsoft; and an AI-powered hiring platform targeted for mid-2026. The company is planning to introduce ads in ChatGPT and to consider selling AI compute services similar to Azure or AWS. OpenAI is developing internal AI chips with Broadcom for 2026 and exploring consumer hardware such as a device, smart speaker, voice recorder, AR glasses, and a browser. Many initiatives have been leaked or presented as aspirational, with unclear cost and execution details.
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